Which Statement Would Not Be Supported by Darwin's Concept of Evolution

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which statement would not be supported by Darwin's concept of evolution?

• A) A population of wolves produces 500 offspring in an environment capable of supporting only 450.
• B) A population of plants adapted to dry conditions survives a draught and reproduces, while another population best adapted to rainy weather dies and becomes extinct.
• C) The offspring of three different female bears compete for the same food source.
• D) All children in the same town are genetically different.
• E) Five generations of farmers have warts on their hands.

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Standard Normal

A special case of the normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, commonly used in z-score calculations.

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Area

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Variance

An indication of how data points diverge from their average, showing the extent of their spread.